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Originally Posted by ArlJim78
wow did Grasshopper give me a thrill there. after six furlongs I was thinking he might be able to hold off Street Sense. Borel used different tactics today and it paid off. Hats off to Street Sense but no shame in Grasshoppers performance. Unreal that today was only his sixth race, first stakes race, only second time routing, and he nearly takes down a dual classic winner at 10 furlongs.
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Jim, My question for you now is, did Street Sense answer your questions about him yesterday? And I don't mean that in a smart-ass way, I am actually curious. On the one hand:
1) He had no pace to run at considering Grasshopper got clear and got the half in :48.12.
2) He didn't get his preferred rail trip at all, and was pretty wide around the first turn.
3) He was certainly out of his element being that close to the pace with so few horses in front of him.
In spite of these problems he still prevailed over what seems like a pretty good horse in Grasshopper, and beat his two Jim Dandy rivals by over 16 lengths this time.
But on the other hand, your pre-race point that he lacked the same explosion under these conditions seems to be somewhat validated by the relatively slow time for the final quarter and the fact that he didn't blow by Grasshopper.
Just curious as to how your (or anyone's) take on the horse has changed after this race...if at all.